Thread: Differentiation help please

Differentiate

ln(x)
----
..x

ln(x)
----
..x

= ln(x) / x

Let y = ln(x) / x
Differentiate both sides with respect to x,
dy/dx = {x*[1/x] -ln(x) *[1]} / x^2
dy/dx = {1 -ln(x)} / x^2

That is it.

We used
d/dx (u/v) = {v*du -u*dv} / v^2

Yes, but as I said in my original post (which seems to have been altered) x=e which changes things significantly, I got as far as you did but I can't get the last part to work out to the right answer.

x = e?

if so, then
ln(x) / x
= ln(e) / e
= 1/e
And differentiating that will give you zero because 1/e is a constant.

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If you substitute e for x in the derivative dy/dx = {1 -ln(x)} / x^2,
dy/dx = {1 -ln(e)} / e^2
dy/dx = {1 -1} / e^2
dy/dx = {0} / e^2
dy/dx = 0 ------------------still zero.